Man wants but little here below Nor wants that little long.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

— Oliver Goldsmith

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.

— Oliver Goldsmith

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Philosophy is a good horse in the stable but an errant jade on a journey.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Philosophy ... should not pretend to increase our present stock but make us economists of what we are possessed of.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!

— Oliver Goldsmith

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

— Oliver Goldsmith